University Hospitals is proud to be a vital part of Northeast Ohio and to make a difference in the region. Our 142-year history is rich in caring for those in need and in providing outreach activities. We plan to carry our community benefit legacy forward for generations to come.
University Hospitals has been committed to making Cleveland and its surroundings a better place to live, work and thrive. One way we accomplish this is by providing wide-ranging community benefit programs that enhance communities throughout Northeast Ohio. For the year 2007, the value of these programs has been calculated at $168 million.
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A Heritage of Caring
“Just six months after the end of the Civil War, a small group of prominent Clevelanders met in a room in the city’s courthouse to discuss the possibility of creating a new hospital, a facility to which all citizens, especially the poorest, could come for care and treatment of illness or injury.”
“The Lives of University Hospitals of Cleveland, the 125-Year Evolution of an Academic Medical Center” by Mark Gottlieb (Wilson Street Press, Cleveland, 1991)
Our community benefit efforts include extensive education programs that train medical professionals and ensure that they will be available to serve future generations. We support and encourage brilliant medical researchers in their work so that health care continues to improve for us all. We provide a significant amount of charity care for those who cannot afford medical care. We also conduct a variety of programs in the community that help keep people healthy or encourage them to get needed health care.
Total University Hospitals Community Benefit Contribution: $168 millionNote: Total community benefit contributions of $168 million include charity care and
Medicaid shortfall of $73 million, offset by $11 million received through the Hospital
Care Assurance Program (HCAP) for a net cost of $62 million.
